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Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in the UK to 2020: Statistics & Analyses - ResearchAndMarkets.comThe "United Kingdom -Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. In the mobile sector the main operators including O2, Vodafone (News - Alert) and BT's newly acquired unit EE, have comprehensive LTE networks in place and are engaged in trialling 5G technologies with a view to commercial launches by 2020. The market has room for a growing number of low-cost MVNOs providing effective price and service competition for subscribers. Anticipated auctions for spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands will see more bandwidth made available for mobile broadband services, supported by regulatory moves which allow the refarming of 2G spectrum for 3G and 4G use. This spectrum is also being allocated for 5G. The UK's broadband market enjoys excellent cross-platform competition. DSL services are almost universally available, while British Telecom has also introduced G.fast as part of its multi-technology mix to provide ultra-fast broadband services to some ten million premises by 2020. The main cable operator Virgin Media (News - Alert), owned by Liberty Global, is increasing its footprint to cover about two-thirds of premises by 2019. Virgin Media has also entered the fibre market, aiming to provide FttP to about one million customers while most of the remainder will e serviced with DOCSIS3.1. Vodafone is also partnering with CityFibre to deliver an extensive 1Gb/s service to about five million premises by 2025. For its part, the government has committed to invest over 1 billion in broadband infrastructure through new investment funds, including 400 million in rolling out FttP services. Key Developments
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Key Topics Covered 1. Key Statistics 2. Telecommunications Market 3. Regulatory Environment 4. Fixed Network Operators 5. Telecommunications Infrastructure 6. Broadband Market 7. Mobile Communications For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hrdxbh/telecoms_mobile?w=4 View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180924005470/en/ |